Samuel Lysons
Samuel Lysons (* 1763 ; † June 1819 ) was an English archaeologist and engraver .
Lysons attended Bath Grammar School and then studied law at the Inner Temple in London. From 1798 to 1803 he practiced as a lawyer. In 1803 he was appointed Keeper of the Records of the Tower of London . His investigations and excavations of Roman remains in England are of particular interest today. He was a member of the Society of Antiquaries of London , whose director he was from 1798 to 1809. From 1797 he was also a member of the Royal Society . In 1818 he was appointed professor of antiquity at the Royal Academy .
Samuel Lysons carried out numerous excavations, especially in Gloucestershire , where he was based. From 1794 he excavated the Roman villa at Woodchester and the villa's mosaics, including the largest mosaic ever unearthed in England. The excavation was published in 1797 under the title An Account of Roman Antiquities discovered at Woodchester in the County of Gloucester . The publication is large-format and contains 40 color engravings that document the villa's mosaics. Further excavations took place at Colesbourne , Frampton , Rodmarton , Withington and Great Witcombe . An important excavation was the Roman villa in Bignor , where he oversaw the excavations from 1811 to 1819.
Fonts
- Views and Antiquities of the County of Gloucestershire. 1791
- An account of Roman antiquities discovered at Woodchester in the county of Gloucester , London 1797
- A Collection of Gloucestershire Antiquities. 1803
- Reliquiae Britannico-Romanae , 3 volumes, London 1813–1817
literature
- Stephen R. Cosh, David S. Neal: Roman Mosaics of Britain, Volume IV, Western Britain. The Society of Antiquaries of London, London 2010, ISBN 978-0-85431-294-8 , pp. 419-420.
Web links
- Estate: Lyson's family collection at ibrary.yale.edu, accessed September 20, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lysons, Samuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English archaeologist and engraver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1763 |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 1819 |